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Metacinnabar from
Picacho Mine (Ramirez Consolidated Mine; Picachos Mine; Los Picachos Mine; Picahotes Mine; Benta Mine; Hernandez Mine; Ramirez Mine; Bonanza Mine), Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs as massive material.
Colour:Black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Picacho Mine (Ramirez Consolidated Mine; Picachos Mine; Los Picachos Mine; Picahotes Mine; Benta Mine; Hernandez Mine; Ramirez Mine; Bonanza Mine), Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:645321
Long-form Identifier:1:3:645321:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘFlint group, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘClear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘSan Carlos Mine (New Idria-San Carlos Mine), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
6.4km (3.9 miles) ⓘMolina Mine, Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘNew Idria Mine (New Idria group; New Hope vein), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) ⓘArcher Mine, Archer Camp, Fresno County, California, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘLea-Grant Mine (Lea Grant Mine; Toothache Mine; Wild Turkey Mine; Juniper Mine; Jupiter Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘCerro Bonito Mine (Mathews Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘValley View Mine (Panoche Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) ⓘButts Mine (Butts Quicksilver Mine; IXL Mine), San Benito, San Benito County, California, USA
References
Rogers, Austin Flint (1912), Notes on rare minerals from California: Columbia University, School of Mines Quarterly: 33: 373
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 262
 
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